Английская Википедия:2012 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college sports team season Шаблон:2012 Lone Star Conference football standings The 2012 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 2012 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Ken Collums, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the LSC. The team played home games at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene, Texas.

Abilene Christian became just third program to have three consecutive 12,000-yard passers after Hawaii and Houston. The Wildcats had also the best punt returning in college football averaging 25.2 yards per return.

Preseason

Abilene Christian was ranked No. 10 in the American Football Coaches' Association pre-season poll and No. 13 by Lindy's magazine. The ACU Wildcats were picked to finish 2nd in the conference behind Midwest State.

Mitchell Gale was not only awarded Lone Star Conference pre-season player of the year but also chosen pre-season NCAA DII offensive player of the year by Lindy's. Mitchell Gale and Morgan Lineberry (placekicker) were selected first team All-American and Taylor Gabriel (WR) made the third-team.

Transfers

Will Latu, offensive lineman, transferred from Oklahoma.

Recruiting

Abilene Christian signed 13 new players on national signing day

Game summaries

McMurry

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In the season, opener Abilene Christian played the NCAA Division II-newcomer and crosstown-rival McMurry Warhawks. It was the first game as head coach for Ken Collums. The wildcats enter the season ranked No. 10 ranked team while McMurry had one of the best offenses in NCAA Division III the previous season.

Defensive end Nick Richardson tied the school record with six sacks in Abilene Christian's first shutout since 2006.

Mitchell Gale completed 19 out of 28 passes for 290 yards and one touchdown. Marcel Threat ran for 88 yards on 14 carries, averaging 6.3 yards per carries, and scored two touchdowns. Taylor Gabriel caught seven passes for 108 yards and one touchdown.

Stats

Statistics	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle"|ACU	style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle"| MCMURRY
Points	51	0
Total Plays	68	90
First downs	27	21
First downs from Rushing	11	2
First downs from Passing	13	15
First downs from Penalties	3	4
Total yards	461	301
Rushing yards	165	29
Passing yards	296	289
Rushing plays	39	29
Passing plays	29	61
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20-29-1	38-61-1
Time of possession	30:12	29:48
Average Punt	32	28.3
3rd down conversion	5/10 (50%)	3/19 (16%)
4th down conversion	2/11 (18%)	0/0
Sacks	10	1
Red zone	0-2	8-8

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle; text-align:center;"|Abilene Christian	Passing	Mitchell Gale	19/28, 290 yards, 1 TD
Rushing	Marcel Threat	14 carries, 88 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Taylor Gabriel	7 receptions, 108 yards, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle; text-align:center;"|McMurry	Passing	Jake Mullin	37/59, 288 yards, 0 TD
Rushing	Chris Simpson	8 carries, 35 yards, 0 TD
Receiving	Eric Shaffer	7 receptions, 55 yards

Texas A&M–Kingsville

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Both team enter the game ranked, ACU 9th and Texas A&M-Kingsville 24th, and with 1–0 record. ACU had won 8 straight against Javelinas. The Wildcats were without starting outside linebacker Chris Summers who suffered a right knee injury against McMurry and was out for the season.

Mitchell Gale arguably had his worst game in his college career with only 13 completed passes out of 31 for only 137 yards and his 23-game streak with a least one touchdown throw was snapped. A touchdown and three field goals was enough for Texas A&M-Kingsville to come away from Shotwell Stadium with a victory. This was the first time the Wildcats lost a home game in the regular season since 2009.

Darr. Cantu-Harkless rann for 70 yards in only 4 carries while catching 4 passes for 36 yards.

Tarleton State

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ACU had won six of the last eight meetings between the teams. The Wildcats enter the game 0–1 in the conference and 1-1 overall while Tarleton was still unbeaten after a win on opening day against Midwest State.

Despite being down 10 at half, the Wildcats clawed themselves back into the game and were able to take the lead late in the third quarter thanks to some great puntreturns and kept it for the rest of the game. ACU became only fourth team from the state of Texas to have won both in the Cowboys Stadium and the Cotton bowl. ACU and Gale have the most passing yards of any college teams and players in the Cowboys Stadium and Taylor Gabriel is the leading college wide receiver in the stadium in points (24).

Mitchell Gale was 27 out of 42 for 279 yards and 2 touchdowns. Mitchell Gale rushed for 38 yards in 11 carries and Darian Hogg did catch 8 balls for 67 yards.

Angelo State

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The first true road trip waited No.19 ACU (2-1) when they visited Angelo State in San Angelo, Texas. ACU had won 9 out 10 last meetings against the Rams.

Abilene Christian was held to only 9 rushing yards the whole game while giving up 7 sacks in the 23–28 loss to Angelo State.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Abilene Christian Wildcats coaches

Head coach Ken Collums Assistant coaches Mike Ribaudo – Linebackers coach Darian Dulin – Defensive coordinator and secondary coach Kendrick Holloway – Wide receivers coach Nathan Young – Running backs coach, quarterbacks coach, recruiting coordinator Sam Collins – offensive line coach

Roster

2012 Abilene Christian Wildcats
Quarterback 12 Malcom Ruben – Redshirt freshman 14 Parker McKenzie – freshman 15 Mitchell Gale – Redshirt senior 17 John David Baker – Redshirt junior Running back 8 Marcel Threat – Redshirt sophomore 26 Charcandrik West – junior 27 Travis Tarver II– Redshirt freshman Wide receiver 1 Cade Stone – freshman 4 Taylor Gabriel – junior 6 DeMarcus Thompson – sophomore 16 Drew Peters – Redshirt sophomore 23 Jace Hudson – Redshirt freshman 38 Darrel Cantu-Harkless – Redshirt junior 47 Darian Hogg – Redshirt junior 82 Monte Green-Avery – Redshirt freshman 83 Temi Ogunleye – Redshirt freshman Tight end 19 Jonahtan Parker – sophomore 86 Noah Chesier – Redshirt sophomore 87 Zack Agnew – Redshirt sophomore 88 Jamie Walker – Redshirt freshman		Offensive line 58 Reid Ware – junior 61 Josh Perez – Redshirt junior 64 Garrett Langthorp – junior 66 Ben Kittley – Redshirt freshman 70 Blake Spears – Redshirt junior 74 Tyler McIntosh – Redshirt sophomore 76 Colton Carnes – Redshirt sophomore 78 Logan Hoppenrath – Redshirt sophomore 79 Maxfield Priestley – Redshirt freshman Defensive line 15 Ryan Smith – Redshirt senior 33 Rob Boyd – Redshirt sophomore 54 Kolby Rowe – Redshirt sophomore 55 Candon Canady – junior 73 Ashton Thomas – Redshirt sophomore 95 Nick Finney – junior 95 Juan Hull II – Redshirt freshman 99 Brandon Dornak – Redshirt sophomore Deep Snapper 40 Brent Schroder – junior Kickers 81 Spencer Covey – Redshirt senior 85 Morgan Lineberry – senior		Linebacker 2 Chris Summers – Redshirt sophomore 5 Nick Richardson – Redshirt sophomore 9 Thor Woerner – Redshirt junior 14 Jesse Harper – Redshirt junior 20 Justin Stephens – Redshirt sophomore 22 Elton Crochran – Redshirt freshman 36 Cy Wilson – Redshirt freshman 41 Blake Rudd – Redshirt sophomore 42 David Guinn – Redshirt freshman 45 Chuck Oputa – freshman 46 Torren Davis – Redshirt freshman 51 Avery Alegeh – Redshirt freshman Defensive back 3 Justin Steward – sophomore 7 L.B. Suggs – Redshirt senior 18 Vicente Cantu-Harkless – sophomore 21 Angel Lopes – Redshirt sophomore 24 Eric Frain – junior 25 Mike Wallage – senior 29 Tyler Chapa – freshman 30 Keith Barnett – sophomore 31 Steven Ford – senior 32 Lynn Grady – sophomore 34 Caleb Withrow – Redshirt junior 43 Dax Riley – Redshirt sophomore

Weekly awards

Week 1 defensive player of the week: Nick Richardson. He had six sacks against McMurry.

Week 1 honorably mention: Mitchell Gale completed 68 percent of his passes for 290 yards.

Week 3 offensive player of the week: Taylor Gabriel (WR), who had 5 catches for 50 yards and two touchdowns.

Week 3 honorable mention: L.B. Suggs tipped the ball that ended in the first half, preventing Tarleton State being more than 10 points up at the half. He had also a game-high 11 tackles.